On Tuesday, 21 May 2024, at the Church of Saint Nicholas, of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Athens, on the occasion of the feast day of the Equal of the Apostles Emperor Constantine with his Mother Helen, a Poly-Hierarchical Divine Liturgy took place, presided over by His Eminence Metropolitan Theodoritos of Laodicea, Director of the Representative…

By the grace of God and of the Most Holy Theotokos, pilgrims from the Karaköy Metochion of the Vatopedi Monastery of Mount Athos, in Constantinople, led by the Parish Priest of the Church, The Grand Preacher Archimandrite Panaretos Psaraftis, visited the Holy Patriarchal and Stavropegic Monastery of the Holy Trinity Tzagarolon, in Crete. The local…

On 19th May the Sunday of the Holy Myrrhbearers. Archbishop Ioannis of Zambia officiated Divine Liturgy at St Basilios & Demetrios Parish in Lusaka , immediately after the Divine Liturgy a group of children joined into the Orthodox Faith through the Mystery of Baptism. The honily if his Eminence Archbishop Ioannis on the Sunday of…

With the blessing and presence of Patriarch John X, the Divine Liturgy for the Sunday of the Myrrhbearing Women (the second Sunday after Easter) was held in the Church of the Holy Cross in Al-Qassaa. The following Reverend Bishops were also present: Romanos (Al Hannat), Arsenios (Dahdal), and Moussa (Al Khasi), together with a group…

With the prayerful participation of Patriarch Porfirije of Serbia and the bishops assembled at the Holy Council of the Serbian Orthodox Church, on Saturday, 18 May 2024, Bishop Aleksei of Hvostan conducted a memorial service. This service honoured all the founders and benefactors of the covenant Church of the Serbian people, dedicated to Saint Sava,…

On Saturday, 18 May 2024, the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate convened under the leadership of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. Deliberating on the agenda, the Synod made significant decisions. Among these decisions was the acceptance of Archbishop Leo of Helsinki and All Finland’s resignation intention. Following a thorough examination of the…

On Monday, 20 May 2024, The Prime Minister of Greece, Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, met with His Eminence Metropolitan Filotheos of Thessaloniki, at the Holy Metropolis. The Prime Minister was welcomed by Fr. Iakovos, Protosyncellus of the Holy Metropolis, and Fr. Fotios, General Hierarchal Commissioner, while Metropolitan Filotheos guided Mr. Mitsotakis to the museum of the…

On 19 May 2024, Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women, in a prayerful atmosphere, the Holy Metropolis of Pisidia honoured the memory of the “Tzikko-Panagia”, the copy of the icon of the Mother of God of Kykkos venerated in Antalya, following the healing of a paralytic on that Sunday. It is well known that the Holy…

On a day like today, exactly 83 years ago, the spring sun in the sky of Crete was hidden by swarms of German warplanes. The island’s inhabitants woke up to the sounds of bombings. The nightmare of war, which had soaked the European continent in blood in the preceding months, was now knocking at their…